Operations Leader

Key Responsibilities

• Build scalable manufacturing operations supporting rapid growth of complex engineered systems.
• Lead production readiness, throughput planning, operational ramp-up, process development, and manufacturing scalability initiatives.
• Establish operational processes and infrastructure required to support higher-volume production.
• Lead contract manufacturing strategy and outsourced production relationships, including supplier selection, readiness, quality, delivery performance, and cost management.
• Build and strengthen supply chain capabilities supporting increasingly complex material and production requirements.
• Develop sourcing and operational risk mitigation strategies aligned with long-term growth objectives.
• Support production line build-outs, manufacturing expansion initiatives, and operational scaling efforts.
• Drive operational discipline, execution cadence, and performance accountability across the organization.
• Partner closely with Engineering to ensure manufacturability and successful transition from product development into scalable production.
• Work cross-functionally with executive leadership, program management, and commercial teams to align operational execution with customer requirements and growth objectives.
• Help build the operational structure, leadership capability, and organizational discipline required for scale.
• Implement and strengthen quality systems, manufacturing KPIs, operational reporting, and process controls.
• Support development of scalable operational disciplines across manufacturing, planning, supply chain, and production.
• Build a scalable manufacturing and operational roadmap aligned with aggressive growth targets.
• Strengthen contract manufacturing and supplier capabilities to support production scale-up.
• Improve operational readiness, throughput planning, execution discipline, and manufacturing scalability.
• Establish operational structure and processes capable of supporting rapid commercial growth.
• Become a trusted operational leader capable of driving execution in a fast-moving, high-growth environment.

  Candidate Profile

  • 15+ years of operations, manufacturing, industrialization, or supply chain leadership experience within complex manufacturing environments.
  • Demonstrated success scaling manufacturing operations during periods of rapid growth, commercialization, or operational build-out.
  • Experience launching or expanding manufacturing operations, production lines, or major capacity expansion initiatives.
  • Strong experience leading contract manufacturing, outsourced production, or global manufacturing partnerships.
  • Background within complex electro-mechanical systems, industrial equipment, power systems, energy technology, thermal management, automotive-adjacent manufacturing, or other engineered products environments.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical field required.
  • Strong understanding of manufacturing scale-up, industrialization, production planning, throughput optimization, and operational readiness.
  • Experience integrating manufacturing, supply chain, sourcing, and engineering functions within high-growth environments.
  • Familiarity with Lean Manufacturing, operational excellence, and quality systems.
  • Experience with ERP systems, operational metrics, and manufacturing process improvement.
  • Experience supporting medium-volume production of highly engineered systems strongly preferred.
  • Hands-on builder comfortable operating in entrepreneurial and rapidly changing environments.
  • Able to balance strategic leadership with tactical execution.
  • Strong communicator and cross-functional partner capable of building alignment across technical and operational teams.
  • Demonstrated ability to build teams, operational processes, and organizational structure during periods of scale-up and growth.